文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Zhu, Xi ¹ ; Li, Wei ¹ ; Zhang, Ning ³ ; Duan, Huimin ¹ ; Jin, Hui ¹ ; Chen, Zhuo ¹ ; Chen, Shu ¹ ; Zhou, Jiannan ¹ ; Wang, Qihua ¹ ; Tang, Jinghua ¹ ; Majeed, Yasir ³ ; Zhang, Yu ¹ ; Si, Huaijun ³ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, South Subtrop Crops Res Inst, Key Lab Hainan Prov Postharvest Physiol & Technol, Key Lab Trop Fruit Biol,Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Sanya Res Inst, Natl Key Lab Trop Crop Breeding, Sanya, Peoples R China

3.Gansu Agr Univ, State Key Lab Aridland Crop Sci, Lanzhou, Peoples R China

4.Gansu Agr Univ, Coll Life Sci & Technol, Lanzhou, Peoples R China

5.Gansu Agr Univ, Coll Agron, Lanzhou, Peoples R China

关键词： autophagy; potato; StATG18a; physiological; photosynthesis; heat stress

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：4.8； 五年影响因子：5.7 ）

ISSN： 1664-462X

年卷期： 2024 年 15 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Autophagy is a highly conserved process in eukaryotes that is used to recycle the cellular components from the cytoplasm. It plays a crucial function in responding to both biotic and abiotic stress, as well as in the growth and development of plants. Autophagy-related genes (ATG) and their functions have been identified in numerous crop species. However, their specific tasks in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), are still not well understood. This work is the first to identify and characterize the potato StATG18 subfamily gene at the whole-genome level, resulting in a total of 6 potential StATG18 subfamily genes. We analyzed the phylogenetic relationships, chromosome distribution and gene replication, conserved motifs and gene structure, interspecific collinearity relationship, and cis-regulatory elements of the ATG18 subfamily members using bioinformatics approaches. Furthermore, the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis suggested that StATG18 subfamily genes exhibit differential expression in various tissues and organs of potato plants. When exposed to heat stress, their expression pattern was observed in the root, stem, and leaf. Based on a higher expression profile, the StATG18a gene was further analyzed under heat stress in potatoes. The subcellular localization analysis of StATG18a revealed its presence in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. In addition, StATG18a altered the growth indicators, physiological characteristics, and photosynthesis of potato plants under heat stresses. In conclusion, this work offers a thorough assessment of StATG18 subfamily genes and provides essential recommendations for additional functional investigation of autophagy-associated genes in potato plants. Moreover, these results also contribute to our understanding of the potential mechanism and functional validation of the StATG18a gene's persistent tolerance to heat stress in potato plants.